Daily Dose of Awesome: The Ecstasy of Gold

I'm going to be honest, I've never seen The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in its entirety.  I know, it's a classic and all, but it never grabbed me.  I've tried, several times.  The beginning is too slow for my tastes and when I try jumping in from the middle, I have no idea of what's really going on so I lose interest.

That being said, I freaking love The Ecstasy of Gold.  It's a great piece of music, not only in terms of the Western atmosphere, but just in general.  It's so awesome that Metallica opens all of their live shows by playing it.  That's pretty cool.

I'm a sucker for a good instrumental piece, especially when it's off of a movie soundtrack.  This is a prime example as to why.  I don't know how you can listen to this and not be struck by its triumphant awesomeness.